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« Reply #1600 on: July 04, 2013, 09:49:30 AM »

Marjory LeBreton is retiring as Government Leader in the Senate, she's facing mandatory retirement before the election.

Who would take her cabinet spot?
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« Reply #1601 on: July 04, 2013, 09:55:28 AM »

No idea. Weirdly in his statement, Harper says that he'll be consulting the Senate caucus before naming her replacement. Sun reporting that the next Senate leader will not be a member of Cabinet, which may be a first. CBC has an interactive shuffle game but like the Globe's earlier one 'tis incomplete. Particularly on Atlantic possibilities. We still don't know what's going on with Flaherty.
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« Reply #1602 on: July 04, 2013, 10:00:09 AM »

No idea. Weirdly in his statement, Harper says that he'll be consulting the Senate caucus before naming her replacement. Sun reporting that the next Senate leader will not be a member of Cabinet, which may be a first. CBC has an interactive shuffle game but like the Globe's earlier one 'tis incomplete. Particularly on Atlantic possibilities. We still don't know what's going on with Flaherty.

Should know in a week or so.
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« Reply #1603 on: July 04, 2013, 10:12:26 AM »

Rae joins UT as a senior fellow.
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« Reply #1604 on: July 04, 2013, 11:23:13 AM »

Apparently the objectivist Freedom Party will be running former Tory candidate and guy with a famous nephew Al Gretzky in London West.
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« Reply #1605 on: July 04, 2013, 06:50:45 PM »

CTV and GM report that the party originally thought about reimbursing Duffy from their own funds before balking at the cost. RCMP documents also show that Duffy had a pattern of filing fraudulent expense claims. Details from Fife at 11 as usual.

As for the shuffle, I'm not making any portfolio predictions but I will try and guess who's in and out- excluding those already confirmed. Out: Toews, Kent, O'Connor, Fantino. In: Alexander, Glover, Rempel, Poilievre, Bergen. Also a cool list of dos and don't for would-bes.
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« Reply #1606 on: July 05, 2013, 06:34:18 AM »

Toews will announce his retirement today. Another retirement may come early next week.
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« Reply #1607 on: July 05, 2013, 10:12:02 AM »

La Presse reporting that Bernier may get promoted, Ambrose will replace Paradis at Industry, Flaherty might leave- his wife wants him to move on.
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« Reply #1608 on: July 05, 2013, 10:14:04 AM »


what is this i don't even
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« Reply #1609 on: July 05, 2013, 10:22:14 AM »

We agree there. Could be a political rather than policy job.
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« Reply #1610 on: July 05, 2013, 10:51:53 AM »
« Edited: July 05, 2013, 10:54:37 AM by RogueBeaver »

Kent says he's running even if dropped. Says on FB that younger people deserve a chance and he'd be better serving his constituents as a backbencher.
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« Reply #1611 on: July 05, 2013, 04:57:01 PM »

Ivison says that Flaherty's leaving and that Baird's back early from Asia. Hinted on P&P just now that Baird could replace Flaherty.
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« Reply #1612 on: July 06, 2013, 07:10:57 AM »

Shuffle on Wednesday.
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« Reply #1613 on: July 06, 2013, 08:12:54 AM »

Lac-Megantic destroyed after a chemical freight train explodes.
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« Reply #1614 on: July 06, 2013, 08:14:17 AM »
« Edited: July 06, 2013, 08:16:39 AM by Thomas D »

I hope everyone up there is okay.

In English:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/07/06/quebec-train-derailment-fire.html
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« Reply #1615 on: July 06, 2013, 08:21:30 AM »

Combine that with the forest fires which have been raging across the north... not good at all. They're briefing right now, no casualties reported thus far.
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« Reply #1616 on: July 06, 2013, 09:50:39 AM »

There are people unaccounted for in Lac-Megantic, emergency workers haven't been to get close enough to search for casualties. Here's a chopper's eye view courtesy of the SQ.

https://twitter.com/sureteduquebec/status/353519189769732096/photo/1
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« Reply #1617 on: July 06, 2013, 09:24:44 PM »

Couillard could run in Roberval of all places. Montreal, Quebec City, now ROQ.
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« Reply #1618 on: July 06, 2013, 09:42:47 PM »


Qu'est-ce que c'est le f**k?
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« Reply #1619 on: July 07, 2013, 12:15:57 AM »

Well, he has an house in that area, no?
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« Reply #1620 on: July 07, 2013, 07:13:52 AM »

Yep. I was merely pointing out his lack of geographic consistency. Tongue
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« Reply #1621 on: July 08, 2013, 10:11:24 AM »

Toews is resigning effective tomorrow both from Cabinet and Parliament to return to the private sector. Can't say I'll miss him.
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« Reply #1622 on: July 08, 2013, 03:01:35 PM »

Harper's been interviewing current and prospective ministers at Harrington.
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« Reply #1623 on: July 09, 2013, 10:14:56 AM »

I see Margaret Wente is up to her old journalistic standards. Creating quite a bit of controversy.
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« Reply #1624 on: July 09, 2013, 10:46:40 AM »

I see Margaret Wente is up to her old journalistic standards. Creating quite a bit of controversy.

My personal favourite Wente incident is when she wrote columns about how religious conservatism is going to die in Canada and religious conservatism is going to take over Canada in the same month.
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